241 research outputs found
Polarization effects in non-relativistic scattering
The cross section which addresses the spin-flip transitions of a proton
(antiproton) interacting with a polarized non-relativistic electron or positron
is calculated analytically. In the case of attraction, this cross section is
greatly enhanced for sufficiently small relative velocities as compared to the
result obtained in the Born approximation. However, it is still very small, so
that the beam polarization time turns out to be enormously large for the
parameters of beams available now. This practically rules out a use
of such beams to polarize stored antiprotons or protons.Comment: 9 pages; version accepted for publication in Nucl.Instr.Methods B
where cross sections without averaging over directions of relative velocities
are adde
Spin-dependent part of interaction cross section and Nijmegen potential
Low energy interaction is considered taking into account the
polarization of both particles. The corresponding cross sections are calculated
using the Nijmegen nucleon-antinucleon optical potential. Then they are applied
to the analysis of the polarization buildup which is due to the interaction of
stored antiprotons with polarized protons of a hydrogen target. It is shown
that, at realistic parameters of a storage ring and a target, the filtering
mechanism may provide a noticeable polarization in a time comparable with the
beam lifetime.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
High-energy expansion of Coulomb corrections to the e+e- photoproduction cross section
First correction to the high-energy asymptotics of the total
photoproduction cross section in the electric field of a heavy atom is derived
with the exact account of this field. The consideration is based on the use of
the quasiclassical electron Green function in an external electric field. The
next-to-leading correction to the cross section is discussed. The influence of
screening on the Coulomb corrections is examined in the leading approximation.
It turns out that the high-energy asymptotics of the corresponding correction
is independent of the photon energy. In the region where both produced
particles are relativistic, the corrections to the high-energy asymptotics of
the electron (positron) spectrum are derived. Our results for the total cross
section are in good agreement with experimental data for photon energies down
to a few . In addition, the corrections to the bremsstrahlung spectrum are
obtained from the corresponding results for pair production.Comment: 22 pages, 7 figures, RevTeX.Typos are corrected. The numerical
results, figures and conclusions remain unchanged as they were obtained using
correct formula
Finite nuclear size effect on Lamb shift of s1/2, p1/2, and p3/2 atomic states
We consider one-loop self-energy and vacuum polarization radiative
corrections to the shift of atomic energy level due to finite nuclear size.
Analytic expressions for vacuum polarization corrections are derived. For the
self-energy of p1/2 and p3/2 states in addition to already known terms we
derive next-to-leading nonlogarithmic Z\alpha-terms. Together with
contributions obtained earlier the terms derived in the present work give
explicit analytic expressions for s1/2 and p1/2 corrections which agree with
results of previous numerical calculations up to Z=100 (Z is the nuclear charge
number). We also show that the finite nuclear size radiative correction for a
p3/2 state is not small compared to the similar correction for a p1/2 state at
least for small Z.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Spin effects in interaction and their possible use to polarize antiproton beams
Low energy interaction is considered taking into account the
polarization of both particles. The corresponding cross sections are calculated
using the Paris nucleon-antinucleon optical potential. Then they are applied to
the analysis of the polarization buildup which is due to the interaction of
stored antiprotons with polarized protons of a hydrogen target. It is shown
that, at realistic parameters of a storage ring and a target, the filtering
mechanism provides a noticeable polarization in a time comparable with the beam
lifetime.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Relativistic Oscillator Model and Delbr\"uck scattering
Elastic scattering of photons in a Lorentz-scalar potential via virtual
spin-zero particle-antiparticle pairs (`` Delbr\"uck scattering") is
considered. An analytic expression for the Delbr\"uck amplitude is found
exactly in case of an oscillator potential. General properties of the amplitude
and its asymptotics are discussed.Comment: 8 pages, LATEX, BINP 94-6
Nuclear Structure Corrections to Deuterium Hyperfine Structure and Lamb Shift
The low-energy theorem for the forward Compton scattering is generalized to
the case of an arbitrary target spin. The generalization is used to calculate
the corresponding contribution to the deuterium hyperfine structure. The
nuclear-structure corrections are quite essential in this case due to the
deuteron large size. Corrections of this type calculated here remove the
discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental values of the deuterium
hyperfine splitting. Explicit analytical result is obtained also for the
deuteron polarizability contribution to the Lamb shift.Comment: 14 pages, latex, no figure
Finite nuclear size and Lamb shift of p-wave atomic states
We consider corrections to the Lamb shift of p-wave atomic states due to the
finite nuclear size (FNS). In other words, these are radiative corrections to
the atomic isotop shift related to FNS. It is shown that the structure of the
corrections is qualitatively different from that for s-wave states. The
perturbation theory expansion for the relative correction for a -state
starts from -term, while for -states it starts
from term. Here is the fine structure constant and is
the nuclear charge. In the present work we calculate the -terms for
-states, the result for -state reads
. Even more interesting are
-states. In this case the ``correction'' is by several orders of
magnitude larger than the ``leading'' FNS shift.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Studies of New Vector Resonances at the CLIC Multi-TeV e+e- Collider
Several models predict the existence of new vector resonances in the
multi-TeV region, which can be produced in high energy e+e- collisions in the
s-channel. In this paper we review the existing limits on the masses of these
resonances from LEP/SLC and TEVATRON data and from atomic parity violation in
some specific models. We study the potential of a multi-TeV e+e- collider, such
as CLIC, for the determination of their properties and nature.Comment: 17 pages, 16 EPS figures, uses JHEP3.cl
Electric polarizabilities of proton and neutron and the relativistic center-of-mass coordinate
We argue that the relativistic correction to the
center-of-mass vector can lead to the approximate equality of the proton and
neutron electric polarizabilities in the quark model. The explicit form of
depends only on the non-relativistic potential between
quarks. In particular, this correction is the same for the potential generated
by Lorentz-vector and -scalar interactions.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, conclusion extende
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